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Comments on MetaFilter post Mexican Archaeological Sites On Google Street ViewFri, 24 Aug 2012 13:59:22 -0800Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:59:22 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Mexican Archaeological Sites On Google Street Viewhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View
Google Street View has sent people on bicycles around <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/tour-brazil-and-prehispanic-mexican.html">30 major archaeological sites in Mexico</a>, including <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=sacred+cenote,+chichen+itza,+yucatan,+mexico&hl=en&ll=20.687356,-88.5677&spn=0.01082,0.017252&sll=20.682088,-88.569029&sspn=0.001363,0.002156&hnear=Sacred+Cenote&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=20.687376,-88.56765&panoid=YOVnt22lscZSP0OOqW9ULA&cbp=12,354.61,,0,7.08">Chichen Itza</a>, Palenque, <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=monte+alban,+oaxaca,+Mexico&hl=en&ll=17.041788,-96.768866&spn=0.011058,0.017252&sll=19.697685,-98.84438&sspn=0.021939,0.034504&hnear=Monte+Alban,+Oaxaca,+Mexico&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=17.041573,-96.768123&panoid=P4D-njy6mSZ8yB50_RsxkA&cbp=12,90,,0,0">Monte Alban</a>, Teotihuacan, <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/RqLRM">Tulum</a>, <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/RCPD6">Cobá</a>, and more.
You can go right up to (but not up) the pyramids. For me, seeing the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/pxfv6">tourists</a> and the souvenir vendors is part of the fun.
Daniel Hernandez at the LA Times has some more good <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/08/mexico-google-street-view-prehispanic-archeological-sites.html">links</a>.post:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:48:53 -0800FnarfarchaeologytourismmexicopalenquetulumteotihuacanBy: kmzhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4529964
Nice! And hey, they've got <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=dzibilchaltun,+mexico&hl=en&ll=21.091053,-89.590753&spn=0.002017,0.004101&sll=20.682088,-88.569028&sspn=0.002023,0.004101&hnear=Dzibilchaltun,+Yucatan,+Mexico&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=21.091053,-89.590753&panoid=1JsBCR3BFTpwKxvrD0w2_A&cbp=12,84.57,,0,0">Dzibilchaltun</a>, one of the smaller and less famous sites, the only one I've been to.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4529964Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:59:22 -0800kmzBy: Joakim Zieglerhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4529965
This is indeed the best way to see the souvenir vendors, since they can't approach and annoy you.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4529965Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:00:02 -0800Joakim ZieglerBy: Danfhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4529966
Palenque must not be up yet. Other than Monte Alban (and Mitla), it's the only major site I have been to. Very much looking forward to seeing it and comparing it with my memory.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4529966Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:03:07 -0800DanfBy: Popular Ethicshttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4529969
I friggin love street view. It is definitely one of Google's most valuable contributions to the world. Historians will mine this shit for centuries.
Related: <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/08/22/north-google-street-view.html">Google maps Nunavut hamlet by tricycle</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4529969Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:05:53 -0800Popular EthicsBy: kmzhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4529971
<i>Related: Google maps Nunavut hamlet by tricycle</i>
Man, I was really hoping to see an adult riding a child-sized tricycle outfitted with all kinds of electronics. Oh well.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4529971Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:07:31 -0800kmzBy: stbalbachhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4529995
I can only handle street view for a while before I get mentally tired. It's not great for linear travel. The best of this type was posted here, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/116104/Hike-the-Alps-from-your-computer">Webwandern</a>, I watched the entire 4 or 5 hours and enjoyed it. It's basically just a guy with a steadycam walking a trail with audio. Really well done. Shows what is possible in the future, imagine a 360 degree steadycam video tour. Streetview will seem like CGI graphics in comparison.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4529995Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:18:38 -0800stbalbachBy: furtivehttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530005
<i>Related: Google maps Nunavut hamlet by tricycle</i>
I like how our Prime Minister needs to wear a jersey to remember which team he's on.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530005Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:25:03 -0800furtiveBy: Fnarfhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530039
<i>Palenque must not be up yet</i>
<a href="http://goo.gl/maps/gp2rT">Palenque</a> is linked in the Daniel Hernandez piece.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530039Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:44:21 -0800FnarfBy: theredpenhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530177
If anyone's going to Tulum, could you get me a baseball hat that says Tulum on it? My husband is permanently distraught from losing his.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530177Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:35:54 -0800theredpenBy: mcstayinskoolhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530184
Oddly enough, that Sacred Cenote linked in the FPP is exactly, like literally the <em>exact spot on the ground</em>, where I bought my one (and only) souvenir of an incredibly memorable trip to the Yucatan in the mid-1990s. It's a wooden carved Mayan idol about the size of a watermelon, and I carried that thing in my backpack for another 2 weeks through Mexico and Belize.
It's still on my mantle today. I freaking love that thing, and think about the Cenote and the young man I bought it from often.
I like these google maps offerings very much. In no way the same as being there, but very nice.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530184Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:38:26 -0800mcstayinskoolBy: xbonesgthttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530191
this is fantastic. Tulum and Coba are just like I remembered 'em.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530191Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:42:07 -0800xbonesgtBy: iamkimiamhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530229
Google Street View is providing the rails for revisiting all my happy memories!
<small>Sometimes when I'm really bored and nostalgic I go on Google walks...to my old school, the grocery store I liked, up Telegraph Street or where my parents used to work and next door to where I used to take dance lessons. The mundane is cool, but going back to bigger memories that don't even have streets in them is *really* cool. </small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530229Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:02:02 -0800iamkimiamBy: smackfuhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530236
Very cool, although in reality you can climb many of the periods and that gives you great views, especially at Monte Alban.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530236Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:04:35 -0800smackfuBy: smackfuhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530238
(pyramids, dammit)comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530238Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:05:11 -0800smackfuBy: incandissonancehttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530303
Help! I'm lost in the Chichen Itza rug maze!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530303Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:40:33 -0800incandissonanceBy: cusack01http://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530348
this is just awesome! i've been to those sites in Mexico and would like to go back for a visit via streetview. Google kicks ass!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530348Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:54:08 -0800cusack01By: peacrowhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530379
Cool. I've been to Chichen Itza; the only other site I've been to in Mexico is Uxmal, which is gorgeous but doesn't have a streetview yet.
I am an archaeology PhD dropout, and in my former program working with Google maps and cultural heritage was a major focus of many people in the department, grad students and professors. Work with Google/maps is a very interesting way to incorporate technology into archaeology.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530379Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:00:53 -0800peacrowBy: George_Spiggotthttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530411
When are we going to get the Google version of Fantastic Voyage, where you can explore the wonders of the human anatomy in a microscopic virtual submarine?comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530411Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:11:25 -0800George_SpiggottBy: CheeseDigestsAllhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530462
If you're in the neighborhood of Chichen Itza, stop and check out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek'_Balam">Ek Balam</a>. It's a much smaller site, but there are a lot fewer tourists, and as <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ek'+Balam,+Mexico&hl=en&ll=20.891948,-88.135929&spn=0.002285,0.003184&sll=20.683813,-88.568879&sspn=0.002299,0.003184&oq=ek+ba&hnear=Ek'+Balam,+Yucatan,+Mexico&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=20.89204,-88.135916&panoid=faHIFEHK-hmcLSpthLc-wg&cbp=13,13.68,,0,-1.67">the street view shows</a>, you can climb the pyramid there.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530462Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:34:09 -0800CheeseDigestsAllBy: fingshttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530681
Back in 1999, my brother and I stopped in at Ek Balam based off an entry in our guidebook. It was great. At the time, they were still reconstructing some the main temple, but what they had done was big enough that when we saw it, my brother said it looked like something out of a Conan movie. And because it was such a relatively unknown site, we were the only tourists there, just us and the workmen.
Judging by the pictures, it gets more tourists these days, but I second CheeseDigestsAll's recommendation.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530681Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:10:36 -0800fingsBy: KokuRyuhttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530844
<em>I like how our Prime Minister needs to wear a jersey to remember which team he's on</em>
Wearing Canada-branded clothing is one of the more irritating things Canadians do.comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530844Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:18:13 -0800KokuRyuBy: DreamerFihttp://www.metafilter.com/119279/Mexican-Archaeological-Sites-On-Google-Street-View#4530945
If somebody from the Google team is reading this, do Ankor Wat next!comment:www.metafilter.com,2012:site.119279-4530945Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:54:56 -0800DreamerFi